Whistle



[1. c. WARD.

WHISTLE- APPLICATION FILE D MAY 10: 1919.

1,342,315, 4 mama June 1,1920.

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JAMES C. WARD, or LllTTLE ROcKQARKANSAs.

WI-ILlISTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1920.

Application filed May 10, 1919. Serial No. 296,219.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. WVARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and Improved lVhistle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to whistles, and more particularly to a whistle to be placed between the lips of the user, and in which the body of the whistle is formed with a transverse orifice, the sound being produced by blowing air across the orifice. The in.- vention also relates to a whistle of this type in which is provided a movable member under the control of the user and arranged to be vibrated to produce trills or intermittent whistling sounds. 1

An object of the invention is to provide a whistle which can be used alone, or in an orchestra or other combination of musical instruments, which can be inexpensively manufactured, which requires little special skill or practice for its operation, and by means of which clear and strong whistling sounds can be produced, as well as trills or tremolos.

A further object of the invention is to provide a whistle which can be easily manipulat-ed, which can be used to duplicate natural whistling sounds, and with which the most diflicult tunes can be played.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying'drawings forming a part of this speci= fication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a whistle embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal tle;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal, vertical section;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing a modified form of the invention; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view showing a detail in modified form.

Before proceeding to a more detailed explanation of my invention it should be understood that while the whistle is preferably fashioned from sheet metal, it can be formed from any other material suited to section of the whisthe purpose. Certain of the details of construction form no part of the invention and may be varied as desirable or necessary.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the body of the whistle is formed from sheet material, which is return-bent to provide fiat sides 10 and 11 connected by a U- shaped bend 12. The body of the whistle is laterally extended adjacent to the bend, and beyond the extensions tapers outwardly. Near the U-bend, the body is provided with registering orifices 13 in the sides thereof. In use, the end of the body of the whistle having the U-bend is inserted in the mouth a'nd air is blown across the orifices 16, to produce the whistling sound. or control this sound I provide a manually operable device adapted to be vibrated transversely, to move a part thereof back and forth across the orifices between the same. Preferably, this vibrating member is arranged on the inner side of one of the sides of the body; thus, in the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, the member consists of a tapered, elongated tongue or plate 14 pivotally secured to one of the sides, at the inner surface, by means of a rivet 15 or the like. The plate or tongue has its end eX- tended beyond the open end of the body and has its inner end tapered and normally extending beyond the orifices 13, toward the U- bend 12. The outer end 14 of the plate 14 projects sufficiently so that it can be manipulated to vibrate transversely of the body of the whistle, whereby the tapered, inner end of the plate moves back and forth across the orifices 13. In this way, the sound produced by blowing the breath of the user across these orifices will be modified, producing trills or warbling sounds. The vibration of the plate 14 is limited in each direction by stops 16 produced by bending up side portions of the side of the body to which the vibrating plate is pivoted.

The outer end 14" of the vibrating member is preferably provided with button-like pieces 17 at opposite sides, having an eye extending through them and through the extension. A bushing 19 is located in the eye and holds the parts together. The member 14 may be vibrated either by direct con tact of the finger against the end 14 or the button 17 but preferably, an actuating device is employed, consisting of a loop 20 to receive the finger of the operator and a shank 21, the end of the shank being ex- In, order to modify" has been rocked in one direction by the actuating device, I provide a retractile element which may be in the form of a rubber strand 25 connected at one end with the member 14 and at the opposite end with one of the stop lugs 16. If so desired, a helical spring 25 (Fig. 5), may be employed instead of the elastic strand.

In Fig. 4 is shown a form of the invention 4 in which the vibrating member 14; is secured at the outer surface of the side 11 of the body, by means of a pivot rivet 15 instead of between the two sides 10 and '11, as shown in the other form of the device. In this type of whistle, the stop lugs l6 are bent outwardly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A whistle having separated side members having transverse orifices, and a'tongue pivoted to the whistle, between said members, and adapted to be vibrated transversely across the orifices.

2. A whistle, having a body open at the side edges thereof formed with a transverse orifice, and a plate pivoted to the body and formed with a tapered end, said plate being movable back and forth across the said 3. A whistle, comprising a body presenting spaced opposite sides open at the edges thereof but with one end closed and having registering orifices, and a pivoted vibrating member having an end movable across one of said orifices, the opposite end of said plate projecting beyond the side plates.

f. A whistle, comprising a body formed of a plate return-bent, presenting diverging sides, said sides being formed with registering orifices near one end, a plate between said side plates and pivoted to one of said s1de plates, and having a tapering end extending beyond the orifices, the opposite end of the pivoted plate projecting outwardly beyond the side plates, and one of said side plates having bent members forming stops limiting the movements of the pivoted plate.

5. A whistle having a transverse orifice, and a pivoted tongue under the control of the user and movable back and forth across said orifice, the outer end of said tongue having button-like members.

6. A whistle having a transverse orifice,

and a pivoted tongue under the control of the user, and movable back and forth across said orifice, the outer end of said tongue having button-like members there being a hole through said members and tongue, and an actuating device having a shank passing through the said hole, the outer end of the shank having a finger loop.

7. A whistle having a transverse orifice, and a pivoted tongue under the control of the user and movable back and forth across the orifice, together with an actuating device connected with said tongue.

8. A whistle, comprising a body having spaced sides, said sides having a transverse orifice, a tongue movably mounted on said whistle across the said orifice, and an actuating device connected with said tongue.

9. A whistle having a transverse orifice, a member movable back and forth across said orifice, an actuating device under the control of the user, and a retractile device for returning the tongue after movement by the said actuating device.

10. A whistle comprising a body formed of a plate return-bent, presenting diverging 

